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Mutant, all-female crayfish spreading rapidly through Europe can clone itself
A voracious pest that mutated in a German aquarium and is marching around the world without the need for sexual reproduction may sound like science fiction, but a genetic study has revealed that a rapidly spreading all-female army of crayfish is descended from a single female and reproduces without any males.
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Fantastic news for crayfish lovers! Bad news for pretty much everyone else.
Well,they are tasty..I don't think them overrunning everything else is such a hot idea though.
Interesting; you know, there's also a group of lizards that reproduces the same way.